DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE
Registered charity 1143450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
THIS IS THE INCORPORATED SUCCESSOR CHARITY TO THE FOLLOWING: CHARITY NUMBER 234071 - CHARITY FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES IN THE DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE AND CHARITY NUMBER 235686 - HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE DIOCESAN TRUST (1947).PROMOTION OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH BY SUPPORTING CLERGY, PROVIDING PASTORAL WORK IN PARISHES AND IN COMMUNITIES, PROVIDING LIFE-LONG CHRISTIAN EDUCATION.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle holds total reserves of £105.4 million, comprising £88.3 million in unrestricted funds. The accounts state that free reserves stood at £14.4 million, which the Trustees consider sufficient to cover thirty months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus for the year and maintains a reasonable expectation of continuing in operational existence through the going concern assessment period.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Employees paid over £60,000: 4
“between £80k and £90k 2 employees (2024: 1) between £70k and £80k 1 employee (2024: 0) between £60k and £70k —1 employee (2024: 3)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Donations (51% of income)
“Donation income represents 51% of total income (2024: 52%).” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure (held: £88.3m)
“The aim is to have retained free reserves sufficient to cover twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Sursum Corda Limited
“The Diocese holds 100% of the ordinary share capital of Sursum Corda Limited.” — page 43
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Property (HM Land Registry)
458 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (451 freehold); recorded price paid £459k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£439k
Reserves (reported)
£14.4m
Reported reserves equal ~10.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (28/03/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (10/09/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (07/08/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (27/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (05/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (05/07/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland · South Tyneside · Stockton-on-tees · Sunderland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle holds total reserves of £105.4 million, comprising £88.3 million in unrestricted funds. The accounts state that free reserves stood at £14.4 million, which the Trustees consider sufficient to cover thirty months of unrestricted charitable expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus for the year and maintains a reasonable expectation of continuing in operational existence through the going concern assessment period. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.
Who funds DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name DIOCESE OF HEXHAM AND NEWCASTLE as a grant recipient include SISTERS OF MERCY SUNDERLAND, CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON, CATHOLIC TRUST FOR ENGLAND AND WALES.
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